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Event dates and tickets 2026/27

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National Festival 2027

Semi-Finals: March 23-27th at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa
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All Teams Meet
Oct 17, 2026, 12pm-3pm, Mark R Isfeld Secondary School
Exhibition Round
Nov 28, 2026, Doors 5:30 Show 6pm, Mark R Isfeld Secondary School
Island Tournament
Juniors: Feb 5, Doors 5:30, Show 6pm GP Vanier Secondary School
Seniors: Feb 6, Doors 5:30, Show 6pm GP Vanier Secondary School
2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!
 

The Alberta Tournament is run through Rapid Fire theatre company. Please contact Dill Prusko at youth@rapidfiretheatre.com for information on how to register in Alberta!

Regional Tournament

  • February 9 at 7pm
  • February 10 at 7pm
  • February 11 at 7pm
  • FINALS: February 14 at 5pm 
 

2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!

2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!

Improvaganza: (Basically an open “come try improv” day for all schools with no commitment) 
Dates and venues TBD.
Exhibition Games 
Friday November 20th at Huntsville High School (evening)

Saturday November 21st at Lo-Ellen Park (Afternoon)

Regionals

March 4th, 5th, and 6th at Lockerby Composite School
 
 

Regional Tournament: February 10-13, 2027

More 2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!

All-Teams and Exhibition Rounds

Saturday, November 7th – Chatham Kent SS (Chatham)
Saturday, November 28th – Huron Heights Secondary School (Kitchener)
Saturday, December 5th – John F. Ross CVI (Guelph)

Regional Tournament: February 16-20th at John F. Ross 

Belleville Winter Workshops: Sat Nov 28 at Quinte Christian

2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!

Ottawa All-Teams

October 26th, Merivale

Renfrew All-Teams

Date TBD, St Joseph’s Renfrew

Connor’s Cup

Dec 1-4, Nepean

OTTAWA REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

March 2nd – Sat March 6th 2027 (Subject to change, location TBD)

All-Teams and X-Rounds: November 7th at LCC

Regional Tournament: Feb 18-20th, 2027 at LCC

November 3 – All Teams
Cole Harbour High Cafetorium 

December 3 – X-Round #1
Dartmouth High Keating Hall

January 7 – X-Round #2
Dartmouth High Keating Hall

February 23 – CIG Regionals – Night 1
Dartmouth High Keating Hall

February 24 – CIG Regionals – Night 2

Dartmouth High Keating Hall

 
February 25 –  CIG Regionals – Night 3
Dartmouth High Keating Hall
 
February 26 – CIG Regional Finals
Halifax Central Library

For the first time since the pandemic, we are bringing CIG back to the New Brunswick/PEI Region! All events are in collaboration with IYS-Moncton. 

All-Teams: Nov 7th

More 2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!

Regional Tournament: February 6th and 7th, 2027.

More 2026/2027 Dates Coming Soon!

NEW: This year, the CIG Online Wildcard will be joining forces with the Distance tournament to create one, huge, epic ONLINE TOURNAMENT. That means you can join if you fit into the following categories:

  1. You are a Canadian secondary school that exists outside the geographical boundaries of a CIG tournament (i.e., you are 3+ hours away from your nearest regional tournament). 
  2. You are a registered CIG school looking to get an extra evaluation and submission to the National Festival. 

Event dates:

Online evaluation submissions due

Teams are allowed to submit up to two scenes, and will be provided adjudications from a CIG judge. Scenes can be submitted anytime from fall 2026 to Jan 15 2027. 

Jan 15

Online evaluations returned

Teams who submit scenes for evaluations will receive their adjudications by this date. Teams who submit earlier can be provided earlier adjudications. 

Jan 29

Online submissions due

All online teams must submit their four events by this date. Teams can submit anytime between January 2027 to Feb 12th 2027

Feb 12th

Online winner announced

All teams will be informed of their score and ranking. This year, we will not be requiring resubmissions. 

March 1st

More information can be found at improv.ca/online.